Bushfires in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria have left koalas suffering from severe burns, mainly on their paws, caused by contact with burning trees or fleeing across burning grounds.

To protect their wounds, workers at local wildlife care centres apply burn cream and bandages, then protect the koalas’ injured paws with special cotton mittens.

To keep up with the demand, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is asking volunteers to sew these mittens.

“We don’t know how many mittens we need but once the grounds are reopened to the wildlife rescuers, they will begin their black walk,” an IFAW spokeswoman toldDaily Mail Australia.

“We just don’t know the extended injuries but we want to have the mittens ready to go and fit over their paws when they come into care to help protect their wounds.The treatment for koala burns is quite similar to treating human burns and koalas are very passive animals so they don’t react

Take this little guy, for example. When his sister’s new Elsa doll starts talking, he listens. When she starts singing the massive hit “Let It Go,” he’s immediately lost in the moment: Hands in the air, wandering around the room in a trance only to be broken by the end of the song clip.

Can’t someone get this kid a full version of the song?

The video was posted on YouTube by comedian Joe Bereta and has been viewed more than 609,000 times in the last five days.

In a video posted on his blog, The Gates Notes, the Gates Foundation co-founder demonstrates the impressive OmniProcessor, a machine manufactured by Janicki Bioenergy in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, north of Seattle.

“I watched the piles of faeces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin. They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated. A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water,” Gates writes on his blog. “The water tasted as good as any I’ve had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It’s that safe.”

(Peter Janicki of Janicki Industries toldWired’s Davey Alba that the water “meets or exceeds the standards of every one” of the various supermarket brands it has been tested against.)

The shooting of 12, including an editor and cartoonist, at the offices of a satirical newspaper in Paris, France, has shaken people around the world, but has struck a particular chord with editorial cartoonists.

On Jan. 7, after the news of the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices broke, many of those cartoonists responded in the best way they knew how: With their own cartoons sharing their feelings about the incident.

That's what a Pasco County Sheriff's deputy thought when he ran into John Balmer at a Hudson, Florida, Kmart store.

Balmer couldn't have been more suspicious, sporting a black T-shirt that read "Who Needs Drugs? No, seriously, I have drugs."

According to the Tampa Bay Times, Balmer tried to hand a "bag of green leafy substance" to a person behind him in line at a cash register when he locked eyes with the sheriff's deputy. When the person rejected the gift, he put the baggy on the floor and paid for his items.

Deputies discovered the bag contained marijuana and methamphetamine. Balmer, 50, was promptly arrested and charged with possession of meth.

Balmer refused to comment on the arrest. There's no need. His T-shirt says it all.

Grab a tissue and get ready to call a loved one. This sweet video packs an emotional punch.

In October, Joe Fraley uploaded a video of himself singing a song to his mother, Judy, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He set it to “private,” sharing it only with friends and family.

“I recently stopped bringing my guitar to my Mom’s home because she no longer recognizes me and doesn’t respond to it anymore,” Fraley wrote on Reddit.

“I wish I would have a played a lot more to her when she did. This was when she lived with my Dad and I at home.”

Farley moved back in with his parents about a year and a half ago to help his dad take care of his mom. Eventually they had to move his mother to assisted living. She no longer responds to his music or recognizes her family.

Can we retroactively cancel Christmas? Asking for Hasbro, the company behind the popular Play-Doh toys. Yes, even the one that looks like a dildo.

Play-Doh is fielding a flood of complaints and online heckles over a product that has the distinct and unmistakable shape of a … penis.

The Play-Doh Sweet Shoppe Cake Mountain Playset, a popular item this holiday season, includes a two-piece “extruder” that sprays Play-Doh like cake frosting. When the two pieces are separated, one of them takes on a new life.

(Photo courtesy Yahoo7)

And while the company has said parents who are uncomfortable with the shape of the product can have it replaced, the original is still visible and available online.

Uproxx first posted on the similarities after several parents complained on Play-Doh’s Facebook page. One mother said the sexualized shape of the frosting gun “completely ruined our Christmas.”

The level of childlike innocence in the Play-Doh product factory must be paralleled by only that of Santa’s workshop. It’s the

Here's a tip: If you're going to try to mug someone, don't mug a Barberian.

That's a lesson one mugger learned the hard way Monday morning when he approached Toronto restaurateur Arron Barberian and tried to take away his morning cash.

In two CCTV videos Barberian posted on YouTube, the owner of Barberian's Steak House is seen not only fending off the mugger, but laying a pretty good beating on him, too.

After knocking the assailant down outside of his restaurant, Barberian pursues the mugger and throws him down again in the middle of the street. When the attacker-turned-victim tries to get away again, Barberian jerseys him, pulling his hoodie over his shoulders.

A staff member who joined in the melee wasn't necessary at all. This Barberian can handle himself. Perhaps it's all the red meat?